Toy



March 23 1926. 1,578,227

J. J. WOLSELEY TOY Filed May 27. 1925 INVENTOR WWNEWQ ATTORNEY -lll Patented Mar. 23, 192E.

UNITED sre'lres rATenrori ce.

' (JAMES J. woLsELEY; oF-BnIn EroR'r, ommences.

Applicationfiled May 2 1925. Serial No. 33,209. I

To all whom it may concern: 1 v

7 Be it known thatI, JAMES J. WVoLsELEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of F airfield and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification. 7

This invention relates to improvements in toys and contemplates the provisionof'a wheel and handle therefor,.the wheel having spring wires upon the inner side of the felly and carrying balls upon their outer ends while the handle has mounted upon one side abell in juxtaposition to the balls whereby uponthe successive revolutions of the wheel the balls will be brought into selective contacting and knocking engagement with the bell.

Another object of my invention is the pro vision of a pair of relativelyflat spring plates arranged upon opposite sides of the bell and in the path of movement of the knobs or balls arranged upon the outer free ends of the spring wires or strips and which when so contacting with the fiat spring will be caused to bend with the spring wires or strips and when releasing the said balls therefrom it will be noted that a very hard and quick knock will be given or exercised upon the bell whereby the bell will vibrate.

and ring to its capacity. 7

.With the above and other objects in view, theinvention further includes the following novelfeatures and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illus trated in the accompanying drawings and I pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing: a V V Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention.

c Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken through the wheel and showing the associations of the handle therewith.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3+3 of Figure 1 and showing the relative arrangement and the contacting relation'of the balls with the fiat springs and bell respectively. 7

Referring to the drawing in detail, where'- in like characters of reference denote cor're-r sponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates a relatively large wheel which is preferably constructed of light and cheap material and which may be either an artill ry or d sk heel and wh ch has oonnected therewith a handle 11 through the in strumentality ofan axle 12.

' Arranged upon the inner sides of the handle 11 and in. juxtaposition thereon with respect to theinner side of the wheellO is a substantially U-shaped member 13 which is secured thereto through the instrumentality of abolt 14: which also secures a bell 15 to the outer side and within the spacedparalends thereof. o

In themode of operationof the present invention it is clearly apparent that when the operator grasps thehandle 11 and shoves or pushes the same forwardly or in a reverse movement will cause the wheel 10 to rotate upon its axle 12 and in so doing'the balls 17 carried upon the outer free end portions of the spring wires or strips '16 will be brought into selective engagement with the spaced parallel armsof the U-. shaped member 13 and in so doing will bend its legs inwardly toward the bell 15 while the spring wires or strips 16 will be bent accordingly and therewith and after the wheel has passed this portionof the .U-shaped V member 13 it will be noted that a strong} spring action of the ball 17 against thebell; 15 will be had owing to the resilient char acter of the spaced parallel arms and spring wires or strips 16 and the bell will ring to its highest capacity owing to the double action of resiliency uponthe balls 17.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims. I a

' Having described my invention what is claimed is: l

1. A- toy of the character described com prising a wheel, a handle pivotally secured to one side of the wheel axle, a bell secured to the inner side of the handle and in juxtaposition with the corresponding side of the wheel felly,' a pair of spring members arranged upon the handleupon diametrically opposite sides of the bell, and a plurality of spring wires extending outwardly from the no r inner sides of the Wheel felly and'carrying balls upenthei outer free ends and adaptednt'or selective engagement with the springmembers and bell respectively v 2. A'toy of'the character clescribed'comthe inner side of theu heehfelly, a bell'secured tothe ll-shapecl flat springs and betweenthe, spaced pztrallel firms thereof arnd e plurality of spring wires including balls upon the outer freeTends thereofextending outwardly fiom one side of the Wheel telly and upon the corresponding side with the relatively flatU-shap'ed' spring member and bell and-adapted for selective engagement with the springs and bell upon the succesi-YQ PBY WUQD 0f he Wheel] In testimony whereof I afiix my s1gnature;

. JAMES J.. WQLSELEYY. 

